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... executed , if many of those who looked over the drawings had not wished them to be published : but that , my dear- est mother , you will see was impossible ; for it would have opened a door to much criticism , which in every situation ...
... executed , if many of those who looked over the drawings had not wished them to be published : but that , my dear- est mother , you will see was impossible ; for it would have opened a door to much criticism , which in every situation ...
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... execution of the rules and ordinances which the members had themselves framed and adopted . As therefore the executive power is in- trusted by the general consent to the Warden and Elders ; namely , for the purpose of suppressing all ...
... execution of the rules and ordinances which the members had themselves framed and adopted . As therefore the executive power is in- trusted by the general consent to the Warden and Elders ; namely , for the purpose of suppressing all ...
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... executed . When the mu- man is considered as on a perfect sic is over , the Society divides into equality with the artisan or the shop- parties , either to take walks before keeper . The only difference arises dinner , or to arrange ...
... executed . When the mu- man is considered as on a perfect sic is over , the Society divides into equality with the artisan or the shop- parties , either to take walks before keeper . The only difference arises dinner , or to arrange ...
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... execution , are not quite so chimerical as they have been generally consi- dered ? I am , & c . LONDON , Dec. 1 , 1823 . PHILANTHROPOS . REMARKS ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE POPULAR TRADITIONS OF THE 30 ACCOUNT OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY .
... execution , are not quite so chimerical as they have been generally consi- dered ? I am , & c . LONDON , Dec. 1 , 1823 . PHILANTHROPOS . REMARKS ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE POPULAR TRADITIONS OF THE 30 ACCOUNT OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY .
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... executed , conveys a curious idea . Absalom , the prince royal , is seen hanging by the hair from a tree , in which situa- tion he is run through the body by an enemy's spear . Underneath are these lines ; Contemplez d'Absolon le ...
... executed , conveys a curious idea . Absalom , the prince royal , is seen hanging by the hair from a tree , in which situa- tion he is run through the body by an enemy's spear . Underneath are these lines ; Contemplez d'Absolon le ...
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Page 340 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 355 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively.
Page 124 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
Page 308 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Page 142 - Irish sailor, who was poor and much distressed for clothes and common necessaries. Hickey compassionating his poverty, and finding he was his countryman, relieved his wants, and an intimacy commenced between them. They agreed to go to Ireland together; and it was remarked on their passage that Caulfield...
Page 313 - ... by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz.
Page 223 - Sir Charles Lee, by his first lady, had only one daughter, of which she died in childbirth ; and when she died, her sister, the lady Everard, desired to have the education of the child ; and she was by her very well educated till she was marriageable ; and a match was concluded for her with sir William Perkins, but was then prevented in an extraordinary manner. Upon a Thursday night, she thinking she saw...
Page 295 - Her sister Furies fly her hideous face; So frightful are the forms the monster takes, So fierce the hissings of her speckled snakes. Her Juno finds, and thus inflames her spite: "O virgin daughter of eternal night, Give me this once thy labour, to sustain My right, and execute my just disdain.
Page 234 - ... the verse. She then began in a kind of whining recitative, but as she proceeded and as the composition required it, her voice assumed a variety of deep and fine tones, and the energy with which many passages were delivered, proved her perfect comprehension and strong feeling of the subject, but her eyes always continued shut, perhaps to prevent interruption to her thoughts, or her attention being engaged by any surrounding object.